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Urban Chestnut Brewing Grove Expansion: 3 Miles From Maplewood
The St. Louis craft brewers new space will be bigger than Schlafly Bottleworks.
St. Louis beer fans have likely heard the good news already--Urban Chestnut will be able to dramatically increase their barrel production with a new craft brewery in The Grove.
They are investing $10 million into the former Renard Paper Co. building at 4465 Manchester Ave., St. Louis Business-Journal reports. An opening is not slated until early 2014, according to the report.
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Urban Chestnut has been open just two years, according to our partners at FOX2.
When finished, the new space will be the largest craft brewery in the St. Louis area--an honor currently held by Maplewood's Schlafly Bottleworks, St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. It will allow Urban Chestnut to produce at least 15,000 additional barrels of beer per year, according to the report.
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The company's told St. Louis Public Radio that, like Schlafly, they are "dedicated to the evolution of St. Louis as a craft beer destination."
Beer fans: will you stand by Schlafly, or do you think there is plenty of room in St. Louis for some friendly (and tasty) competition? Tell us in the comments.
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